Filing appliance



l. WAGEMKER.

IIIIIIII PuANcE. ATION FILED JAN I APP 7.1921-, n I 1,430,043.' l PatentedSept. 26, 1922.`

` laucwugemcxkev Patented Sept. 23, 192.2.

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iti'hli mais ISAAC WAGEIVIAKER, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,

FILING Arrniencn.

Application filed January 17, 1921.v Serial No. 437,715.

T all 107mm t may concer/1i Be it known that I, IsAAo IVAGEMAnnR, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Grand Rapids,in thelcounty oi' Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and luseful Improvements in Filing Appliances; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the, same..`

This invention relates to filing appliances. It is common, particularly in desks,-to use various filing trays in the drawers thereoi, resting the trays on the bottom of the drawer and between the sides thereof, in which trays filing cards are positioned vertically, the cards carrying information led for reference. The many different sizes oi filing cards used necessitates different sizes and depths oit trays and when the saine are placed in a desk drawer it is apparentv that the same present a very uneven appearance at their upper sides and that in many cases 25 it is hard to gain proper access to the different cards in the trays especially when a tray carrying cards oitI relatively short height is placed alongside of a tray having cards therein of greater height or between two trays carrying cards of greater height. With my invention it is contemplated that the card holding trays shall be so constructed that the upper edges thereof, when placed in a drawer or like receptacle shall be all in the same horizontal plane, substan- 'tially, the upper edges oit all ci' the cards in the dilierent trays being in a common plane and all cards being as free oi" access and examination as is possible, the ease of access and examination oi' the smaller cards being the same as that oif the larger cards. It is a primary object and purpose of the invention to make a construction accomplishing these ends.` A further object of the invention is to accomplish these desiredends in a very simple manner and by a construction requiring little in the way of manufacturing expense, so little in fact as to be almost negligible. Various other o'bjects and purposes than those stated will appear as understanding of the invention is had from the following description, taken Ain connection'with the accompanying drawing, in which,

Fig. 'l is a perspective view of a drawer equipped with the ling trays of my invention all at their upper edges lying in the same horizontal plane. l

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken vertically and transversely of the trays in thedrawer, the trays being located across the drawer, and

Figg isa perspective view of one of the trays, showing 'the construction thereof'.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the'diiierent figures or' the drawing.

As shown, the drawer is of well known and common construction, `having parallel sides l, iront 2 and back 3. The trays designed to be placed in the drawer across the same have parallel sides 4, and ends 5. The trays are of different depths and those trays having less depth than the depth of the drawer into which they are to be placed are equipped at each end with foot members 6 which extend from the trays in the saine planes as the ends 5 of the trays andl are secured permanently to and project downward from said ends. Any suitable means of permanently connecting said inembers G may be used, use being made of triangular shaped cornei blocks 7 in those trays of shallower depth which necessitate longer members G.

With trays constructed as described, when the same are placed in the drawer, the lower ends of the foot members 6 rest on the bottom 8 of the drawer, the bottoms 9 of the different trays being spaced greater `or less distances above the bottom of the drawer. The members 6 for the different trays are of diii'erent length, dependent upon the differences in depths of the trays as compared with the depth of the drawer into which the same are to be placed, the design being that the upper edges of all of the trays shall be substantially lin the same horizontal plane. The trays, of course, may be equipped with the usual follower blocks and like filing construction, not shown inthe drawing, as the saine is no part oil the present invention.

'W ith this construction, the trays, irrespective of depth, are located in the drawer,

or other similar holding receptacle so as to present the filing cards therein all substantially on a level at their upper edges. This presents the cards in the best possible way for ready access and examination, and at the saine time the drawer with the trays therein is much more sightly in appearance than it is with different heights of trays placed on the bottom of the drawer without the elevating foot members for the trays. The invention, while simple as to construction, is very practical and is a valuable advance in the art of tiling. It is to be understood that the invention is not limited in use to desk drawers but has many other places or' use. The appended claims deine the invention, and I consider myself entitled to such modifications in construction as come within the scope of said claims.

I claim:

l. ln combination with a receptacle having a bottom and sides, of a plurality ot separate trays of different depths located side by side in the receptacle, and means connected with the tr( ys for positioning them in the receptacle with their upper edges in substantially the same plane, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a receptacle having a bottom and sides of a plurality of trays located in the receptacle, said trays having different depths and with bottoms located at diierent distances below the upper edges of the trays, of means connected to the under sides of the trays and resting on the bottom oit' the receptacle for locating the trays with their upper edges all substantially in the same horizontal plane.

3. ln combination with a receptacle having a bottom and sides, of a plurality oil trays located side by side in the receptacle, said trays having bottoms located at dit'- ferent distances below the upper edges of the trays, and foot members oi different heights connected to and extending downwardly from the trays and resting on the bottom of the receptacle, the depth ot a tray plus the height of its foot members being substantially equal to the depth of any other tray plus the height of its toot members, whereby all ot the trays have their upper edges substantially in the same horizontal plane.

4. A plurality of tiling trays ol dilerent depths, each having sides, ends and a boti tom, and a foot member attached at each end ot' each tray and projecting downwardly therefrom, the depth oit a tray plus the height of its foot members being substantially equal to the depth oi" any other tray plus the height of its foot members, substantially as and ilfor the purposes doscribed.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature.

ISAAC vl/AGEMAKER. 

